Tall Flashcards
What is it about?
A woman’s achieving upward social mobility, becoming a being that is higher than everyone else in terms of power and status.
‘She knelt in the shower…her clothes would be curtains’
Abnormal
Doesn’t fit into her old life
Figurative
Symbolic
‘a tree dangled an apple at bite-height. she bit it’
Allusion to the original sin
Lack of trust in women has been around since the start
She doesn’t deserve to be in this position of power
‘she bowed herself into a bar, ordered a stiff drink…on the rocks’
Higher than everyone but still trying to fit into society
Strong drink - coping mechanism/escapism
Needs more to drink since she is so big?
‘she needed a turret’
Isolation from the rest of society
A desire to become normal
referencing Rapunzel
‘she stooped low and caught their souls in her hands as they fell from the burning towers’
Heaven and hell
Idea that she has become to high she has reached the position of a being similar to a god
ending with her having power but nothing to do with it
links to Streetcar
Drinking to cope - escapism
Context
It is argued that Duffy was writing this about herself
